Bricks, Concrete Fall From Hawthorne HS Building

Chunks of a Hawthorne High School parapet gave way Tuesday afternoon, raining bricks and concrete that damaged vehicles parked below.

Hawthorne HS officials were joined by township police and firefighters.
Photo Credit: *Jerry DeMarco*

Behind Hawthorne High School on Bamford Avenue, facing the athletic field.
Photo Credit: *Jerry DeMarco*

A few vehicles were damaged.
Photo Credit: *Boyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE*

The section fell from the Hawthorne High School building at the top of the Google Earth image.
Photo Credit: *GoogleMaps*

Jerry DeMarco

09/12/2023 5:04 p.m.

There was no immediate answer for what might have caused the chunks to come loose along a 60-foot stretch of the back of the Science Building's façade facing the athletic field on Bamford Avenue on Sept. 12.

No work was being done at the time, responders said.

The collapsed section of parapet wall pulled a swatch of the frieze down with it.

Two sedans and a van were damaged.

School officials were joined by police and firefighters.

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